Last year's special centred on the Lewis family saving up money for a holiday to see Father Christmas.

The new series will follow the family back in Liverpool, after the experience changed Eileen's outlook on life for the good. However, she discovers that home life is far less interesting without the sights and sounds of the Arctic Circle.

Olivier Award-winning writer Michael Wynne will pen the new series, which will be filmed in Salford, Manchester and Liverpool later this month.

Lapland also features three generations of the Lewis family, including her son Pete (Dean Andrews), sister-in-law Mandy (Julie Graham), daughter Paula (Elizabeth Berrington), son-in-law Ray (William Ash), and the couples' respective children.